Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 61.42gr total, 18-20mm.

Condition as shown.

Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Comprising: various types and issues. 44.41gr total.

Condition as seen.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: various types and issues. 44.84gr total.

Condition as seen.

Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Group comprising: silver Drachm; bronzes (5; mixed issues and types). 71.50gr total, 14-26mm.

Fine-Good Fine.

Acquired UK market. Ex property of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman.

Group comprising: mixed issues and types. 17.24gr total, 13-19mm.

Fine; some better.

Acquired UK market. Ex property of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman.

Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 158; RPC I 524. 12.72gr, 26mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

AV • K • Λ • CЄΠ • CЄVHPOC • ΠE(ligate), laureate head to right / VΠA • AVP • ΓAΛΛOV • NEIKOΠOΛIT • ΠPOC • IC, Septimius Severus riding horse to right, spearing boar below. HH&J, Nicopolis 8.14.34.16; Varbanov 2617 var. (legends). 12.67gr, 27mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

[ΑV] K M AY CЄY AΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ЄΔЄCCAIΩΝ, Roma, holding Nike, seated to left on cuirass, being crowned by Tyche of Edessa, holding sceptre, standing behind; goat standing right behind Tyche. RPC VI Online 134. 8.89gr, 25mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Victory standing to left on base, holding wreath and palm; VIC AVG across fields / COHOR PRAE PHIL, three standards. RPC I, 1651; BMC 23; SNG ANS 675-681; SNG Copenhagen 305. 3.95gr, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Fought between Brutus and his Republican allies against Marc Antony and Octavian in 42 BC, the Battle of Philippi was a decisive victory for the Second Triumvirate but did not end the Civil Wars, which continued for a further twelve years. Dated to the reigns of Claudius or Nero due to the fabric of the issue (copper not being used in Macedon before this time), this coin commemorates the battle and the settlement of veterans from the Praetorian Cohort at Philippi.

M AY[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΘOY[PI]-ATΩN Λ-A, Athena standing to left, holding spear and patera. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.3-4. 4.21gr, 22mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ, laureate head to right / ΑΜΑϹϹЄΙΑ ЄΤΟΥϹ Єꟼ (date), turreted and draped bust of Tyche to left. RPC II 1632A; Dalaison 12. 5.92gr, 20mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the best example among two others recorded by Dalaison and three by RPC Online.

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ, laureate head to right / [Ν]ЄΙΚΟΠΟ[ΛЄധ]Ϲ [ЄΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ], Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. RPC III, 2942; cf. Dalaison, Nicopolis, 15a. 8.85gr, 25mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.